A drawing in blue and yellow

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Students explore career paths through real-world work experiences.

Moving the Sticks

Peter Pilling ushers in a new era for Columbia Athletics.

Buildings against a blue sky

The Janus-Faced Art

Architect Robert A.M. Stern ’60 designs everything from skyscrapers to country homes with both the past and the future in mind.

Fall 2016 Issue front cover
Fall 2016 Issue back cover
Issue Masthead

Volume 44 Number 1
Fall 2016


Editor in chief
Alex Sachare ’71

Executive Editor
Lisa Palladino

Managing Editor
Jill C. Shomer

Class Notes Editor
Anne-Ryan Heatwole JRN’09

Forum Editor
Rose Kernochan BC’82

Contributing Writer
Shira Boss ’93, JRN’97, SIPA’98

Editorial Intern
Aiyana K. White ’18

Art Director
Eson Chan


Published quarterly by the Columbia College Office of Alumni Affairs and Development for alumni, students, faculty, parents and friends of Columbia College.

Associate Dean, Columbia College Alumni Relations and Communications
Bernice Tsai ’96


Address all correspondence to:
Columbia College Today
Columbia Alumni Center
622 W. 113th St., MC 4530, 4th Fl.
New York, NY 10025
212-851-7852

Editorial: cct@columbia.edu
Advertising: cctadvertising@columbia.edu
Web: college.columbia.edu/cct

ISSN 0572-7820

Opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect official positions of Columbia College or Columbia University.

© 2016 Columbia College Today
All rights reserved.